A Mn(OAc) 3 • 2H 2 O-catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of five and six-membered Nheterocycles for the synthesis of N-heteroarenes is reported. Of note, this protocol can be applied to the dehydrogenation of tertiary indolines with various electron-deficient N-substituents. Preliminary mechanistic investigations support that a single-electron transfer pathway might be involved.

An iridium-catalyzed, directing group-enabled site selective intra- and intermolecular silylation of indoles and pyrroles with hydrosilanes has been developed under ligand-free conditions. Fine-tuning of the removable 3-alkyl-2-pyridyl directing group was found to be crucial for achieving high yields for C2-silylated indole and pyrrole products. Moreover, the scalability was demonstrated, and further transformations of the silylation products were achieved.

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